Enigma of Gift and Sacrifice

What does it mean to give a ôgiftö? In this timely collection, distinguished anthropologistsùMaurice Godelier, George Marcus, Stephen Tylerùand philosophersùMark C. Taylor, John D. Caputo, Jean-Joseph Goux and Adriaan Peperzak, explore an enigma that has disturbed contemporary philosophers from Marcel Mauss to Jacques Derrida. The essays included in the volume: Some Things You Give, Some Things You Sell, But Some Things You Must Keep for Yourselves: What Mauss Did Not Say about Sacred Objects by Maurice Godelie. The Gift and Globalization: A Prolegomenon to the Anthropological Study of Contemporary Finance Capital and Its Mentalities by George Marcus Capitalizing (on) Gifting by Mark C. Taylor ôEven Stevenö or ôNo Strings Attachedö by Stephen Tyler Mothering, Co-muni-cation and the Gifts of Language by Genevieve Vaughan The Time of Giving, the Time of Forgiving by John D. Caputo Seneca against Derrida: Gift and Alterity by Jean-Joseph Goux Giving by Adriaan PeperzakFordham University Press Staff is the author of 'Enigma of Gift and Sacrifice', published 2002 under ISBN 9780823221660 and ISBN 0823221660.